Friday, 29 March 2024

Plants We Used to Use 467. Water dock

Water dock (Rumex hydrolapathum) leaves are edible. Its roots yield an olive-yellow dye and a poultice for iron-deficiency anaemia. In traditional medicine, this plants also been used to treat constipation; diarrhoea; fever; jaundice etc.

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Flowers of Oahu 177. Sea hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum)

This is a varigated variety, known locally as Mahoe.